Dear Old Stick! ! <br /> <br />Images of Derek with his stick <br />A gentleman with touch of royal chic <br />Tall and dandy like a former King <br />Moses with his rod of serpent sting <br />Shepherding the people David style <br />Joseph with his staff along the Nile <br />A figure in the distance <br /> Wilde and free <br />Stepping out the pavements of Ely <br />Master of a school of thought - of care <br />Steadying himself with regal air <br />Glastonbury style he plants his rod <br />In the turfs of Ely laid by God <br />Sprouting buds of hope in all he meets <br />Shooting like a soldier down the streets <br />One day in this world to stake his claim <br />Upon some sapling maiden or a dame <br />If I err be sure to prune me quick <br /> of love that blossoms for this dear old stick! !<br /><br />Yvonne Rautenbach<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dear-old-stick/
